Que jouer après Waltz in A-flat major Op.69 No.1 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Waltz b minor op. post. 69,2

Frédéric Chopin

45/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Demi-pédale — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Gentle

Mazurka in C major Op.33 No.3

Frédéric Chopin

45/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Rythmes pointés — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

Waltz in C major, H.51

John Field

45/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Pédale de sustain — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Gentle

Waltz in D major, WoO 85

Ludwig van Beethoven

42/100 +3 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Pédale de sustain — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Gentle

Waltz in E flat major, WoO 84

Ludwig van Beethoven

42/100 +3 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Waltz no. 7

Mily Balakirev

50/100 +11 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Pédale de sustain — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Balanced

Mazurka in B-flat major Op.7 No.1

Frédéric Chopin

51/100 +12 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Rythmes pointés — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Mazurka in A minor Op.7 No.2

Frédéric Chopin

52/100 +12 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Rythmes pointés and Indépendance des mains — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Waltzes, op. 39

Johannes Brahms

48/100 +9 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Pédale de sustain — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Waltz no. 12 in F minor, op. 70 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin

56/100 +17 pts 20-40 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. The skill that will carry the work: Ornements romantiques — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Challenge

Valse romantique

Claude Debussy

56/100 +17 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Staccato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Waltz in F major Op.34 No.3

Frédéric Chopin

55/100 +16 pts 20-40 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Mazurka G major KK IIa,2

Frédéric Chopin

37/100 -2 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

Mazurka B flat major KK IIa,3

Frédéric Chopin

37/100 -2 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Same level

Minuet in E flat major, WoO 82

Ludwig van Beethoven

36/100 -3 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Rythme général — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Progressions computed from difficulty, skill overlap and style between works. A What do we play next? recommendation should remain a pedagogical starting point, not an automatic prescription.